Sean
Seán [ ʃɔːn ] or (in anglicized spelling without acute ) Sean is a male (rarely female) given name .
Origin and meaning
Seán is the Irish form of Johannes (English form John ).
The name comes from the time of the Norman Anglo-conquest of Ireland-down French name Jean , Old French Jehan (via Latin Johannes , ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (JOHN) from the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Johanan), meaning these names root "God is gracious").
The female equivalent with the same meaning in Irish is Siobhán [ ʃəˈvɔːn ], in English Joan or Jane and in Welsh Siân or Sian [ ʃɑːn ].
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Related names
Other anglicized spellings of the Irish name are:
Name bearer
Male first name
- Sean Astin (born 1971), American actor
- Seán Barrett (* 1944), Irish politician (Fine Gael)
- Sean Bean (born 1959), British actor
- Sean Biggerstaff (born 1983), British actor
- Sean Blanchard (* 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Seán Brady (* 1939), Irish clergyman, Archbishop of Armagh
- Sean Callery (born 1964), American composer
- Seán Cannon (* 1940), Irish singer and guitarist
- Sean Combs (born 1969), American rapper
- Sean Connery (born 1930), Scottish actor
- Sean Dillon (born 1983), Irish football player
- Seán Doherty (1944–2005), Irish politician
- Sean Dundee (* 1972), South African-German soccer player
- Sean Edwards (1986-2013), British racing driver
- Seán Fallon (1937-1995), Irish politician (Fianna Fáil)
- Sean Finn (basketball player) (* 1982), American basketball player
- Seán Flanagan (1922–1993), Irish politician (Fianna Fáil)
- Sean Patrick Flanery (born 1965), American actor
- Sean Flynn (photographer) (1941–1970), American photographer
- Sean Flynn (actor) (born 1989), American actor
- Seán Fortune (1954–1999), Irish clergyman
- Sean Franklin (born 1985), American football player
- Seán Gallagher (* 1962), Irish entrepreneur and politician
- Seán Gibbons (1883–1952), Irish politician
- Seán Goulding (1877-1959), Irish politician
- Seán Haughey (* 1961), Irish politician
- Sean Hoare (1963 / 64–2011), British journalist
- Sean Johnson (* 1989), American football goalkeeper
- Seán Keane (* 1946), Irish violin player
- Sean Kelly (born 1956), Irish cyclist
- Sean Kingston (born 1990), American singer
- Seán Lemass (1899–1971), Irish politician
- Sean Lennon (* 1975), American musician
- Seán Lester (1888–1959), Irish journalist, politician and diplomat
- Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus (1927–2010), Irish environmental activist and politician
- Seán MacBride (1904–1988), Irish politician
- Seán MacEntee (1889–1984), Irish politician
- Seán Mac Eoin (1893–1973), Irish lieutenant general and politician
- Seán MacSwiney , Irish politician
- Sean Maguire (born 1976), English actor and singer
- Sean Maher (* 1975), American actor
- Seán McCaughey (1915–1946), Irish member of the IRA
- Seán McLoughlin (* 1990), Irish web video producer
- Sean Moore (politician) (1913–1986), Irish politician
- Seán Moylan (1888–1957), Irish politician
- Seán Murray (1898–1961), Irish politician
- Sean Murray (* 1977), American actor and composer
- Sean Nelson (born 1980), American actor
- Seán O'Casey (1880–1964), Irish playwright
- Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1882–1966), Irish politician, president 1945–1959
- Seán O'Faoláin (1900-1991), Irish writer
- Seán Óg Ó hAilpín (* 1977), Irish-Fijian hurling and Gaelic football player
- Seán Ó hÉideáin (* 19 **), Irish diplomat
- Sean Paul (born 1973), Jamaican singer
- Sean Penn (born 1960), American actor
- Sean Russell (* 1952), Canadian fantasy writer and author of historical sea novels
- Sean Scully (born 1945), Irish painter
- Sean Simpson (* 1960), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Sean Smith (born 1965), American jazz musician
- Seán Treacy (IRA member) (1895-1920), Irish freedom fighter (IRA)
- Seán Treacy (politician) (1923-2018), Irish politician (Irish Labor Party)
- Sean Varah (* 1968), Canadian composer and cellist
- Sean Weatherspoon (born 1987), American football player
- Sean Winter (born 1990 or 1991), American poker player
- Sean Wroe (born 1985), Australian athlete
- Sean Yazbeck (* 1973), British entrepreneur and actor
Female first name
- Sean Young (born 1959), American actress
family name
- Christopher Sean (* 1985), American actor and model
- Jay Sean (born 1981), British R&B singer